Explore the Spiritual Heritage of Yoga
How can the timeless wisdom of The Bhagavad Gita expand your yoga practice to be more spiritually fulfilling? Acharya Shunya, lineage holder, spiritual teacher, and author, presents the radical unity teachings of this text as a bridge between the ancient roots and modern practice of yoga.
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Acharya Shunya is an award-winning and internationally renowned spiritual teacher and scholar of Advaita (nondual wisdom) and is a classically-trained master of Yoga and Ayurveda. She offers many courses and retreats and she is author of numerous books including Roar Like a Goddess: Every Woman’s Guide To Becoming Unapologetically Powerful, Prosperous and Peaceful, and Ayurveda Lifestyle Wisdom.
For more information about Acharya Shunya and her books and teaching schedule, visit her website: acharyashunya.com
Social Media: @acharyashunya
THE YOGA HOUR TEAM COMMENTS: I so appreciated Acharya Shunya’s teachings on the sacred text, The Bhagavad Gita. Her conversation with Dr. Trujillo enhanced and enriched my understanding of the teachings of the Gita. She spoke about the four classical paths of yoga, Bhakti, Karma, Upasana or Raja, and Jnana. I have always strongly identified with Karma Yoga, the path of selfless service. She shared that the why of karma yoga is that it is an offering to God, the source and substance of all that is. She shared her translation of an important teaching from the Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2.47: “You have a right to engage in your chosen actions. But you are not entitled to the outcome of your actions. Never perceive yourself as solely responsible for the results of your endeavors nor become attached to passivity.” Her teaching on the other three yogas were concise and easily understandable to the all levels of students—new to long time devotees. She said “study of the Gita can feel overwhelming. Just start by reading a verse a day and let the cosmic mind of Ishvara speak to you. Have some fun with it.”
DR. TRUJILLO’S COMMENTS: As always, I found Acharya Shunya’s teachings on the Bhagavad Gita to be very clear and applicable to our life today. I particularly enjoyed her focus on Ishvara as the controller of everything, our intelligence and inner power, which also includes the creation, sustenance, and dissolution of all things including ourselves. Our discussion of the four classical paths of yoga (Karma, Bhakti, Raja or Upasana, and Jnana) was very rich and deep. Acharya Shunya’s discussion of Bhakti yoga, the path of devotion, included the five ways to love God: as a servant, friend, parent, child, and romantic partner. I really enjoyed and was enriched by our discussion.